I caved in. I'm a wuss. I couldn't handle the peer pressure. I was tired of everyone being darker than me. I hate laying out. I finally got 5 tans for $5 at a local tanning salon that my friend has gone to for 3 years. I never thought I would. I laid in there for 7 minutes today. As white as I am, they thought 10 minutes might burn me, let alone 20.

I don't want to look fake though. I figured these 5 visits will help me get started on a decent tan before the weather gets warm enough to swim.

StcChief

05-23-2006, 12:12 PM

No spray on? Tan.
A friends has their own tanning bed, never used it.

Katipan

05-23-2006, 12:12 PM

whatever makes you happy, lady.

don't die.

CosmicPal

05-23-2006, 12:15 PM

You HATE laying out?

My sis and I, when we were in our mid-to-late teens did nothing buy lay out all day by the pool. We loved it. Of course, my sister usually invited her hot friends to join us.

Rain Man

05-23-2006, 12:17 PM

I find it funny that women in most of the world are obsessed with becoming lighter-skinned, while women in the U.S. want to be darker.

I myself prefer light skin on white women. For fantasies about darker skinned temptresses, there are plenty of minorities to choose from.

luv

05-23-2006, 12:20 PM

I find it funny that women in most of the world are obsessed with becoming lighter-skinned, while women in the U.S. want to be darker.

I myself prefer light skin on white women. For fantasies about darker skinned temptresses, there are plenty of minorities to choose from.
LOL...

If you like light skin, you'd love me. I just want some color. I wear khaki capris, and people say they can't tell wear the pant stops and my leg starts. That, or they say they need their sunglasses whenever I wear shorts.

Mr. Laz

05-23-2006, 12:20 PM

pics?

CosmicPal

05-23-2006, 12:21 PM

I find it funny that women in most of the world are obsessed with becoming lighter-skinned, while women in the U.S. want to be darker.

I myself prefer light skin on white women. For fantasies about darker skinned temptresses, there are plenty of minorities to choose from.

Bleh- light skin is one thing, but PALE skin is highly unattractive. A nice tan goes a long way to looking more attractive- too bronze and you look like a piece of meat left on the grill too long which can be disgusting on the wrong person.

Katipan

05-23-2006, 12:22 PM

alabaster white skin is gorgeous.

DeepSouth

05-23-2006, 12:23 PM

I laid in there for 7 minutes today.

I must ask the important question, Did you lay in the tanning bed naked?

luv

05-23-2006, 12:23 PM

Bleh- light skin is one thing, but PALE skin is highly unattractive. A nice tan goes a long way to looking more attractive- too bronze and you look like a piece of meat left on the grill too long which can be disgusting on the wrong person.
Have you ever noticed the amount of indoor tanning lotion that has bronzer in it?

I must ask the important question, Did you lay in the tanning bed naked?

once again brings up the issue of.......... pics?

:p

luv

05-23-2006, 12:25 PM

I must ask the important question, Did you lay in the tanning bed naked?
Not even stickers.

I think it's funny how people put stickers on themselves when tanning. They even have a container of them at the counter.

greg63

05-23-2006, 12:25 PM

To tan or not to tan?

No poll???

luv

05-23-2006, 12:27 PM

No poll???
No, I've already made up my mind. Just thought I'd get different viewpoints and opinions.

Katipan

05-23-2006, 12:27 PM

awww a little heart showing the way to the garden of love is a cute thing.

Donger

05-23-2006, 12:28 PM

awww a little heart showing the way to the garden of love is a cute thing.

Yeah, but would you really want someone that needed directions to be there in the first place?

Rain Man

05-23-2006, 12:29 PM

Not even stickers.

I think it's funny how people put stickers on themselves when tanning. They even have a container of them at the counter.

I have a feeling that the answer will tittilate me, but ... what are the stickers for?

greg63

05-23-2006, 12:29 PM

No, I've already made up my mind. Just thought I'd get different viewpoints and opinions.

Yeah, I was just teasin. :D

Rain Man

05-23-2006, 12:31 PM

Now that I think about it, stickers could be a lot of fun. You could use stickers shaped like letters to print a message on your body kind of like a temporary tattoo.

Or for that matter, you could use a stenciled sticker to give yourself a seasonal tattoo without doing anything permanent.

I like this idea.

Katipan

05-23-2006, 12:32 PM

You think that up all by yourself?

Katipan

05-23-2006, 12:34 PM

Yeah, but would you really want someone that needed directions to be there in the first place?

Since I'm not a lesbian, I don't have much of a choice. :(

luv

05-23-2006, 12:36 PM

awww a little heart showing the way to the garden of love is a cute thing.
They had little paw print ones. I thought about getting a couple of those. You know how hard it would be to place them in the exact same place, though?

FAX

05-23-2006, 12:37 PM

Now that I think about it, stickers could be a lot of fun. You could use stickers shaped like letters to print a message on your body kind of like a temporary tattoo.

Or for that matter, you could use a stenciled sticker to give yourself a seasonal tattoo without doing anything permanent.

I like this idea.

They are also very useful, Mr. Rain Man, in pointing the way to a woman's secret zones of elemental pleasure when one is drowning in the furious ardor of passionate zeal with only a black light as a guide.

FAX

KcMizzou

05-23-2006, 12:37 PM

Now that I think about it, stickers could be a lot of fun. You could use stickers shaped like letters to print a message on your body kind of like a temporary tattoo.

Or for that matter, you could use a stenciled sticker to give yourself a seasonal tattoo without doing anything permanent.

Yep, that's the idea.

luv

05-23-2006, 12:39 PM

Yep, that's the idea.
So guys actually like that? I may have to reconsider. What types of shapes? Definitely no hearts. Heh, some guys are into tanlines. I guess that could be considered one.

Donger

05-23-2006, 12:40 PM

Since I'm not a lesbian, I don't have much of a choice. :(

ROFL

Poor, poor ENDelt.

Mr. Laz

05-23-2006, 12:42 PM

i'm sure you can get a fYou know how hard it would be to place them in the exact same place, though?
i'm sure you can find a volunteer for sticker placement duty :)

Cochise

05-23-2006, 12:44 PM

alabaster white skin is gorgeous.

Totally agree.

Rain Man

05-23-2006, 12:45 PM

You think that up all by yourself?

So they really are decorative? Dang, I thought I was on to something.

I figured that they were just some little things to protect sensitive body parts.

luv

05-23-2006, 12:49 PM

So they really are decorative? Dang, I thought I was on to something.

I figured that they were just some little things to protect sensitive body parts.
A little sticker is gonna cover my sensitive areas? Think again. Definitely decorative.

Katipan

05-23-2006, 12:50 PM

Some of the lovely church women that I work with like to write messages on their bodies in permanent marker and tan around that. Removing the marker afterwards, of course.

Usually things like "HOT" or "EAT ME"...

I'd write a full dissertation.

Donger

05-23-2006, 12:51 PM

So they really are decorative? Dang, I thought I was on to something.

I figured that they were just some little things to protect sensitive body parts.

Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

Fire Me Boy!

05-23-2006, 12:54 PM

Bleh- light skin is one thing, but PALE skin is highly unattractive. A nice tan goes a long way to looking more attractive- too bronze and you look like a piece of meat left on the grill too long which can be disgusting on the wrong person.
No, pale skin and redheads should be synonymous. They just go together.

Katipan

05-23-2006, 12:54 PM

****.

something about arms wide open.

darmak?

oh man.

im a bad nerd.

i blame pot.

Fire Me Boy!

05-23-2006, 12:54 PM

alabaster white skin is gorgeous.
I think Steven Lynch said it best.....

"I fell in love with an albino, her lack of pigment seemed like fun.

Her skin, the whitest alabaster, her eyes as pink as pinkest bubble gum.

Then one day it snowed real hard... and she disapeared."

luv

05-23-2006, 12:57 PM

No, pale skin and redheads should be synonymous. They just go together.
But on a brunette?

Fire Me Boy!

05-23-2006, 12:59 PM

But on a brunette?
I think we'll need pictures. Before and after. You know... to form an educated opinion. Preferable, immediately before and after you get on the bed. That'll be the most natural. Stickers optional.

Fire Me Boy!

05-23-2006, 12:59 PM

And as for no heart sticker -- nothing says "easy" like a little Playboy bunny head. That's what I'd go with. But then... I'm easy.

If you like light skin, you'd love me. I just want some color. I wear khaki capris, and people say they can't tell wear the pant stops and my leg starts. That, or they say they need their sunglasses whenever I wear shorts.

If your that pale then congrats you have the same type of skin as Nicole Kidman who has never been accused of being unattractive. Wear clothes that will contrast well against your skin. Blues, Greens, Reds will all look good. I should know as I come from a long line of Irish/German whitey's. Bottom line you can look hot without damaging your skin. Further if you really want color get that spray on stuff. If it's done WELL you can't tell a difference.

luv

05-23-2006, 01:06 PM

I don't know why, but it also seems weird to see a guy walking in to go to a tanning bed.

Amnorix

05-23-2006, 01:06 PM

LOL...

If you like light skin, you'd love me. I just want some color. I wear khaki capris, and people say they can't tell wear the pant stops and my leg starts. That, or they say they need their sunglasses whenever I wear shorts.

That's why you should stick with black thigh-highs. :D

rageeumr

05-23-2006, 01:07 PM

Chris: But dad, I heard that if you use tanning beds, you could get something called "melanoma".
Peter: Aw, that's just fancy talk for "sexified".

If your that pale then congrats you have the same type of skin as Nicole Kidman who has never been accused of being unattractive. Wear clothes that will contrast well against your skin. Blues, Greens, Reds will all look good. I should know as I come from a long line of Irish/German whitey's. Bottom line you can look hot without damaging your skin. Further if you really want color get that spray on stuff. If it's done WELL you can't tell a difference.
I'm not alabaster. And no way am I using the spray on or No-sun tanning lotions. I had a friend make that mistake in high school.

Katipan

05-23-2006, 01:08 PM

Temba, his arms wide.

<3

Fire Me Boy!

05-23-2006, 01:08 PM

That's why you should stick with black thigh-highs. :D
And short, plaid skirts.

Cochise

05-23-2006, 01:10 PM

Temba, his arms wide.

Man. I'm ashamed that I caught this reference.

Not even a fan, I just happened to see that one.

Donger

05-23-2006, 01:10 PM

<3

I don't know what that means.

luv

05-23-2006, 01:12 PM

I don't know what that means.
Mathematically, that could be 2, 1, 0, or any negative number.

Fire Me Boy!

05-23-2006, 01:13 PM

Mathematically, that could be 2, 1, 0, or any negative number.
ROFL That's awesome!

Donger

05-23-2006, 01:16 PM

Mathematically, that could be 2, 1, 0, or any negative number.

listen b*tch. if i want any sh*t out of youHello - commatard on the loose. ill squeeze you're pointy head! :cuss: :mad:

luv

05-23-2006, 01:17 PM

listen b*tch. if i want any sh*t out of youHello - commatard on the loose. ill squeeze you're pointy head! :cuss: :mad:
Basically, what I was getting at was, if it has another meaning, I don't know what it is either.

MahiMike

05-23-2006, 01:23 PM

Move to FL and you can lay out and then jump in the pool...

Fish

05-23-2006, 01:48 PM

You could so make your own KC Chiefs logo sticker.

Now that would be much more sexy than any playboy bunny or heart...

sedated

05-23-2006, 01:54 PM

you get an outline of somebody's hands on your breasts.

the only problem is finding someone willing to hold onto them while you tan.

did I mention I'm a hand model? :D

Over-Head

05-23-2006, 02:03 PM

Just be carefull luv.
The wife's friends "all JUST HAVE to be taned", and 3 years later they all look like worn out leather.
The Mrs. has a sun allergy which she has to take light sessions for each year.
That combined with LOTS of sun screen has her looking 25 not 36 ;)
And you'd be surprised just how far "tan in a can" has come.
The better half uses a "Copertone" product, no streaking, no blotching, and it comes out pretty even if applied VERY THIN in succesive coast (she generally only needs 2-3 for a nice golden look.

4th and Long

05-23-2006, 02:07 PM

Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
ROFL ROFL ROFL

CosmicPal

05-23-2006, 02:09 PM

Move to FL and you can lay out and then jump in the pool...

BucEyedPea

05-23-2006, 02:38 PM

Just be carefull luv.
The wife's friends "all JUST HAVE to be taned", and 3 years later they all look like worn out leather.

You should seem 'em down here...they still layout even with skin cancer.
I never layout in the sun anymore, especially here.
But beware of the sunscreen, despite use, skin cancer supposed to be up.
I think it's something in the sunscreens...buy safer ones.

jspchief

05-23-2006, 02:51 PM

You could come work on the roof for me a for a few weeks. That does a kickass job of getting your back half tan, while the front of you remains white. It's like tanning from Maaco.

But on a serious note, self tanning lotion has come a long way. They now make regular lotion that justs adds a hint of color, and it won't turn you orange or stain the palms of your hands. If nothing else, you might consider using it in conjunction with tanning beds.

kepp

05-23-2006, 03:44 PM

More like...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39156000/jpg/_39156579_alligator_pa300.jpg

RedNFeisty

05-23-2006, 04:31 PM

Even when I am tan no one knows I am tan, therefore I refuse to spend money tanning.

:cuss:

ZepSinger

05-23-2006, 05:35 PM

Zepsinger in the 80's was a slave to the sun...

http://www.lewerke.com/images/roneat.jpg

Numbah One

05-23-2006, 06:14 PM

alabaster white skin is gorgeous.

Booyah!

Numbah One

05-23-2006, 06:16 PM

Temba, his arms wide.

Is this that TNG episode?

Shaka, when the walls fell.

OldTownChief

05-23-2006, 06:31 PM

Even when I am tan no one knows I am tan, therefore I refuse to spend money tanning.

:cuss:

We know!!!

4th and Long

05-23-2006, 06:46 PM

Is this that TNG episode?
Zinda, his face black, his eyes red!!!

Donger

05-23-2006, 07:22 PM

Zepsinger in the 80's was a slave to the sun...

http://www.lewerke.com/images/roneat.jpg

There's not really a nice way of asking this, but were you gay then, too?

Jenny Gump

05-23-2006, 07:57 PM

hmmm...cancer....vs.....tan....oh yeah, bring on the UV baby.

ENDelt260

05-23-2006, 08:02 PM

There's not really a nice way of asking this, but were you gay then, too?
Well, he was a hairdresser....

chiefs4me

05-23-2006, 08:06 PM

hmmm...cancer....vs.....tan....oh yeah, bring on the UV baby.

ROFL PBJ

I am concerned about what sort of tan she is getting though, 5 for 5 dollars...:hmmm:

ENDelt260

05-23-2006, 08:08 PM

Since I'm not a lesbian, I don't have much of a choice. :(
I've never gotten lost.

Donger

05-23-2006, 09:27 PM

Well, he was a hairdresser....

Peh. I've been cutting my own hair since I was 14. Not cause I'm gay, but for the fact that I have violent reactions when people touch my head.

Simplex3

05-23-2006, 09:41 PM

I just wanted to add that I'm disappointed. I thought luv was smarter than that.

Was this when they were first building the civilization?
Civilization? I watched dirt being born.

Simplex3

05-23-2006, 11:30 PM

Civilization? I watched dirt being born.
Yes, but you were only two or three when that happened, right?

luv

05-24-2006, 12:58 AM

ROFL PBJ

I am concerned about what sort of tan she is getting though, 5 for 5 dollars...:hmmm:
There are dozens of places around here that do that. 3 for $3 or 4 for $4 are a few others. It's just to get you in to see if you like the place. My friend did that three years ago. She's been going there ever since. I don't plan on going past my 5 visits. I've always despised the way it makes people look. I, however, need a little jumpstart on getting some color.

greg63

05-24-2006, 01:00 AM

There are dozens of places around here that do that. 3 for $3 or 4 for $4 are a few others. It's just to get you in to see if you like the place. My friend did that three years ago. She's been going there ever since. I don't plan on going past my 5 visits. I've always despised the way it makes people look. I, however, need a little jumpstart on getting some color.

I don't see where five visits hurts anything luv. :thumb:

luv

05-24-2006, 01:01 AM

I just wanted to add that I'm disappointed. I thought luv was smarter than that.

PS- Yeah, I was a hairstylist! Oh hell. I was with ya, 'till I read this.

Chiefs Pantalones

05-24-2006, 02:34 PM

I don't know why, but it also seems weird to see a guy walking in to go to a tanning bed.

LOL, I tan, but I don't fake-bake. I layout by the pool. I have a guy friend that tans at the tanning salon and has done so for about 2 years...well...he looks like he's 13 years older now because so. Some people it effects, some it doesn't. He didn't even tan that much in that 2 year period, but it just made him look older in a bad way.

I don't mind chicks doing it. I've thought about getting a part-time job working at a tanning place...think of all the girls...wow...or they may think I'm gay...that wouldn't be good...

luv

05-24-2006, 02:48 PM

That reminds me...I went for 10 minutes today. I'm seeing some results, and I like. Haven't burnt yet (knock on wood). Three sessions to go.

4th and Long

05-24-2006, 05:23 PM

That reminds me...I went for 10 minutes today. I'm seeing some results, and I like. Haven't burnt yet (knock on wood). Three sessions to go.
TTIWWP

unlurking

05-24-2006, 06:53 PM

LOL, I tan, but I don't fake-bake. I layout by the pool. I have a guy friend that tans at the tanning salon and has done so for about 2 years...well...he looks like he's 13 years older now because so. Some people it effects, some it doesn't. He didn't even tan that much in that 2 year period, but it just made him look older in a bad way.

I don't mind chicks doing it. I've thought about getting a part-time job working at a tanning place...think of all the girls...wow...or they may think I'm gay...that wouldn't be good...

Funny, I just assumed you were since you layout by the pool.

:D

Chiefs Pantalones

05-24-2006, 07:02 PM

Funny, I just assumed you were since you layout by the pool.

:D
:cuss: :)

Jenny Gump

05-24-2006, 07:33 PM

That reminds me...I went for 10 minutes today. I'm seeing some results, and I like. Haven't burnt yet (knock on wood). Three sessions to go.

A "tan" is still skin damage. Doesn't have to be a burn. Being a redhead, I always thought somehow I could trick my skin into tanning...but alas, just burn after burn. In my late 20s I realized that all that UV exposure is not going to bode well for me in my 40s and 50s. I'm glad I have made the choice to go sans tanning bed. When I was about 26, I remember watching a late night tv talk show and this supermodel was saying you would have to be crazy to sit in a tanning bed or go outside without sunscreen, and that all t he models use self-tanner. That made an impression on me.

Also, about that time, a good friend of mine begged me to stop tanning in the tanning beds. He showed me a picture of someone he worked with, who was a redhead like myself, who hadn't avoided the UV, and now she was about 40 but looked seriously about 55. That was shocking.

Now as far as fake tans...hell, I've tried everyone of them. I'm like an expert. I have found one that works well for me, and it doesn't leave me orange or streaky at all...of course, I have become very good at applying it. I like a teensy bit of color, just so I don't blind Nasium.

go bowe

05-24-2006, 07:49 PM

dammit nasium...

you have all the luck...

|Zach|

05-24-2006, 08:05 PM

Now as far as fake tans...hell, I've tried everyone of them. I'm like an expert.
Is that on your resume?

RedNFeisty

05-25-2006, 05:42 PM

A "tan" is still skin damage. Doesn't have to be a burn. Being a redhead, I always thought somehow I could trick my skin into tanning...but alas, just burn after burn. In my late 20s I realized that all that UV exposure is not going to bode well for me in my 40s and 50s. I'm glad I have made the choice to go sans tanning bed. When I was about 26, I remember watching a late night tv talk show and this supermodel was saying you would have to be crazy to sit in a tanning bed or go outside without sunscreen, and that all t he models use self-tanner. That made an impression on me.

Also, about that time, a good friend of mine begged me to stop tanning in the tanning beds. He showed me a picture of someone he worked with, who was a redhead like myself, who hadn't avoided the UV, and now she was about 40 but looked seriously about 55. That was shocking.

Now as far as fake tans...hell, I've tried everyone of them. I'm like an expert. I have found one that works well for me, and it doesn't leave me orange or streaky at all...of course, I have become very good at applying it. I like a teensy bit of color, just so I don't blind Nasium.

Luv, good luck! I hope you get the results you are looking for!

I, myself relish in the fact that I am pale and unique compared to the tan bunnies that are getting their day in the sun now having men fawn over them for their dark flawless skin, for when I am in my fifties I will have men fawning over me for my flawless pale skin.

I can acquire a tan however I have to provide tan lines for anyone to notice I have a tan. I donít care for the adverse effects the sun has on the skin, therefore I do not go outside with the intention of getting a tan.